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SUMMARY:Kayaking the Chattahoochee\, Cultural and Natural History
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun and educational kayak outing on the Chattahoochee River\, just south of Atlanta.\nThose familiar with Atlanta’s major tributaries — Peachtree\, Proctor and Utoy Creeks — will enjoy seeing where these waters go – into the Chattahoochee which becomes a large\, classic southern River as it leaves Atlanta and flows into the lower Piedmont. In this section\, the  Chattahoochee opens up into a broad river with fewer shoals flowing past rural farms and forests. \nWe’ll share some of the fascinating stories about people who helped shaped the history of Georgia and the young United  States who had special relationship with the Chattahoochee River just south of Atlanta\, especially Creek Chief William McIntosh and the renowned architect and bridge builder Horace King. \n Where we’ll be paddling\, the Chattahoochee is a calm river with just a small riffles. It’s an easy section for beginners\, and being a little south of the city the river is clean and the banks are predominantly natural.\nCost $125 per person (includes kayak rental and shuttle to and from the river\, one person per kayak\, some 2-person kayaks may be available by request)\nLimit 16 participants.\nTo register (RSVP) click HERE  •  Details and directions sent to\n registered participants  •  A donation of $20 or more helps sustain our programs.\n——————————————————————\nMore about Horace King: Though born enslaved of tri-racial heritage\, Horace King’s exceptional talent as an architect\, builder and project manager was soon recognized and he essentially went into business with his owner as a partner\, and was emancipated in the 1840’s. Among the numerous bridges he built in Georgia and Alabama were the great bridge over the Chattahoochee at Columbus\, that opened up the “old southwest” for settlement\, and the Moore’s bridge\, also crossing the Chattahoochee\, on the vital road to Carrollton. In his time\, Horace King was the most talented bridge-builder in the South\, often using the Town Lattice Truss design. He was financially successful\, keeping homes in Girard\, Alabama and in Georgia near Moore’s Bridge\, even supporting his former enslaver’s children after their father’s untimely death. King’s first wife and children collected tolls for use of Moore’s Bridge\, and farmed nearby until the bridge was burned by Union troops just before General Sherman’s advance on Atlanta. \nMore about William McIntosh: William McIntosh\, Jr. was the son of Capt. William McIntosh from Scotland\, and Senoya\, a high ranking woman of the Creek Wind Clan. One of his first cousins was Georgia’s Governor Troup. William McIntosh became one of the most influential figures in Georgia in the early 1800’s\, working easily in both Creek and American society. He sided with the Americans against the more traditional Creeks and was arguably responsible for Andrew Jackson’s military success and subsequent rise to political power. Controversially\, McIntosh benefitted personally from Creek land sessions to the Americans in 1821 (including the land that would become Atlanta)\, and he was subsequently killed at his estate on the Chattahoochee for again signing over Creek lands in 1825 without the permission of other Creek chiefs. \n
URL:https://www.ecoaddendum.org/event/kayaking-the-chattahoochee-cultural-and-natural-history-tour/
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